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The advancement of an employee from one position to another position that has a higher salary range maximum is called a promotion. Promotion can also result in a higher level title and higher level job responsibilities. Decision making authority tends to rise as well. These are examples of promotions: HR Assistant to Hr Generalist; HR Generalist to HR Manager; HR Manager to HR Director; HR Director to HR Vice President.

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